Carpet cleaning in Farnborough

I am pleased to say that sometime in the past while carpet cleaning in Farnborough,  I have been mystery shopped, and received a nice report on Farnborough Shop Around website.

http://www.farnboroughshoparound.com/  is hugely selective. All featured businesses have been thoroughly checked out using strict criteria. You are on the site by invitation only, and are all highly recommended. Their presence reflects their capabilities and prestige.

Then and Now

 

 

Even in the 18 hundred’s they knew the importance of vacuuming carpets and rugs prior to cleaning, as shown by this horse drawn vacuum cleaner.

Here is a brief history of how the vacuum has evolved.

1860 Daniel Hess patents a vacuum cleaner, appears to be the first recorded

1869 Ives McGaffey patents the”whirlwind” vacuum cleaner. Starts American Carpet Cleaning Co.

1876 Melville Bissell invents the carpet sweeper.

1899 John S.Thurman invented his gasoline powered vacuum cleaner

1901 Hubert Cecil Booth of London invented the electric vacuum.

1901 two Americans Corinne Dufour and David E. Kenney introduced variations on the same theme.

1905 Walter Griffith patents a vac with pipe to which a variety of shaped nozzles could be attached.

1905 Chapman and Skinner in San Francisco invented a moveable (92 pound) electric vacuum

1906 James Kirby’s first cleaner used water for dirt separation. Later he uses a cloth to filter the dirt.

1908 James Murray Spangler invents a smaller vacuum and starts a company with William Hoover

1909 Detroit businessman Fred Wardell starts the Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company

1910 Charles Beach and Frederick Osius, and a master marketeer, Louis Hamilton, made household appliance history by inventing a small motor that ran on either AC or DC electrical power

1919 Jim Kirby agreed to design vacuum cleaners exclusively for George Scott and Carl Fetzer.Co.

1920 Air-Way Sanitizor of Toledo, Ohio.introduced the first vacuum cleaner with a disposable bag

1924 Gustaf Sahlin introduced the Electrolux tank vacuum cleaner to the United States.

1926 Hoover developed a positive agitation vacuum that greatly increased the dirt removal efficiency

1930 the first plastic vacuum cleaners hit the market and headlights were added to some models.

1935 Scott and Fetzer introduce the first of a long line of products to carry Jum Kirby’s name.

1950 the introduction of the convertible upright line of vacuums

1963 David Oreck begins manufacturing upright vacuum cleaners for the hotel industry

1969 The first self propelled vacuums debuted

1978 James Dyson built 5000 prototypes before he perfected his Dual Cyclone machine in 1993.

1979 Black & Decker’s markets cordless Dustbuster hand-held vacuum designed by Carroll Gantz

2002 Helen Greiner and her colleagues at IRobot introduce the robot vacuum cleaner

What is wrong with my carpet

You spend an age looking for a new carpet for your home, the feel and the colour have to be just right. It is ordered and fitted, looks great doesn’t it. Okay no drinks in here and  no shoes. As  soon as month or so later, what is  that ugly wavy line in the carpet and why does it look like someone has thrown a bucket of water down.

 

What you have here is known as Shading, Pile reversal or Water marking. It is not a common condition, but it will be permanent. Carpet manufacturers will not accept responsibility for the problem.

This can happen in rugs as well as carpet of different construction types and fibres. It is where the pile lays in different directions to each other and the normal lay of the carpet. Areas of the carpet look light from one direction and dark from another. The light reflecting off the tips of the fibres is less reflective and will appear darker. The light reflecting off the sides of the fibre will appear lighter.  Carpet cleaning can highlight the problem as a clean carpet will reflect the light better and highlight  shading problems.

 

Saturday morning in Knightsbridge

 

Starting early has its advantages, view from an apartment in Knightsbridge at sunrise. As I was there to work, this is a little bit of what we do.

Wine and Silk

Silk and alcohol this week, not the best combination to hear on the phone but I have some very nice solutions and a lot of experience. The first job was upholstery cleaning to a silk cushion that had a number of red wine spots on it. Luckily the client left well alone. Spills I can do, damage I cannot. So if you spill anything on an expensive item or any item for that matter just blot, leave alone and give me a call, I will come and give it the Elbow.

 

The second job was carpet cleaning where there were some spills onto a wool carpet with silk inlays. Well, just where you would expect a spill to be. Spots out, happy clients and drinks are round their friends next time. I will wait for the call.